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Michael Waltz | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2019 | |
| United States National Security Advisor Designate | |
| Assuming office January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Alex Wong (designate) |
| Succeeding | Jake Sullivan |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 6th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ron DeSantis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael George Glen Waltz January 31, 1974 Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Children | 3[2] |
| Education | Virginia Military Institute (BA) |
| Website | House website |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Years of service |
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| Rank |  Colonel[3] |
| Unit | U.S. Army Special Forces |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
| Awards |  Bronze Star Medal (4) |
Michael George Glen Waltz (born January 31, 1974) is an American politician and a Colonel in the United States Army who has served as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district since 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and is the first "Green Beret" to be elected to the United States Congress.[4]
Waltz received four Bronze Stars while serving in the Special Forces during multiple combat tours in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Africa. He served in the Bush administration as a defense policy director in the Pentagon and as counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney.[5]
In 2018, Waltz defeated former Ambassador Nancy Soderberg and succeeded Ron DeSantis, who went on to be elected the 46th Governor of Florida that same year.[6]
Waltz is considered one of Congress's most hawkish members with regard to China.[7] In 2021, he was the first member of Congress to call for a full U.S. boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over what he described as the CCP’s genocide and internment of Chinese Uyghur populations and the enslavement, forced labor, and internment camps of ethnic minorities in China.[8][9]
On November 12, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced he will appoint Waltz to serve as his National Security Advisor in his second administration.
- ^ Schorsch, Peter (September 17, 2021). "Sunburn — The morning read of what's hot in Florida politics — 9.17.21". Florida Politics. Extensive-Enterprise. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ Fineout, Gary (January 11, 2022). "Ready to rumble: 5 big questions for the 2022 session". Politico. Politico LLC. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ Harper, Mark. "Congressman Michael Waltz promoted to Army National Guard colonel". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online.
- ^ "Trump picks Rep. Mike Waltz, a former Green Beret, as national security adviser". November 12, 2024.
- ^ "In the House". National Guard Association of the United States. April 29, 2019.
- ^ Piggott, Jim (July 12, 2017). "Former UN ambassador to run for Congress". WJXT. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Michael Waltz: We are in a cold war with the Chinese Communist Party". April 14, 2021.
- ^ Knickmeyer, Ellen; Tang, Didi (November 14, 2024). "Trump's mainstream picks for top foreign policy posts could reassure allies — and worry China". Associated Press. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ "Congressman Michael Waltz: Boycott 2022 Olympic Games in China".